Enigma: Part 3

Chapter 14

       "Why are you here?" Synyc asked. "Didn't you already get what you wanted?"

General Fall, now dressed in formal Imperial Attire, strode forward. Her hands were clasped behind her back and her shoulders were back. It was strange to see someone walk in such a robotic way. "You can desire more than one thing. What is it that you think I want?"

"You're not taking her," Synyc said.

"She's family," Flint added with a confidence that shocked everyone.

"That is touching, really. That makes what I'm about to do all the more worse for you," General Fall replied before giving the Storm Trooper to her right a nod. He signaled something up above

"We're going home," General Fall said, glaring at Jolie with piercing blue eyes from underneath her hat.

Jolie didn't say anything.

"She's not going with you," Synyc said through gritted teeth.

Fall took a few steps forward, her storm troopers staying behind. She reached into her pocket and held a small remote in the air. "Remember this?" She asked Jolie with a mockingly sweet voice.

At the sight of the remote, the uniform, and that evil grin, Jolie began to remember again.

The General stood over Jolie's trembling body. She'd just been captured by the Sith Lord. He somehow knew of the Holocron Dooky had given her.

She'd been undergoing torture for the past eight hours. They had her hooked up to electric shocks all around her head. They were using everything in their disposal to fry her brain, but despite their best efforts, they were failing.

Now Jolie remembered who was at the helm of her torture.

General Fall

Suddenly, everyone could see the fear wash over Jolie. For a few moments she just marveled in terror, until her darkness took over. Sickly purple veins became prominent around her eyes and her armor glowed a blinding red. "You can't hurt me. Not now."

"Oh, I think I can. She pressed the center button on the remote. Jolie doubled over in pain as electricity jolted around her whole body.

"Stop!" Corr cried as he raised his blaster at the General.

Synyc and Flint had theirs up as well, calculating an attack.

"Let her go," Synyc commanded.

Fall chuckled a bit and flicked her hand forwards, giving a signal to the troopers behind her. Then she got on her comm link.
"Fire at will."

The troopers advanced towards the group and TIEs began to rain fire down at them. The three young men were forced to focus on keeping the troopers at bay while dodging the fire from above.

Jolie, on the other hand, couldn't stop the screams. Most of them were in her own head. She felt her anger and fear exponentially rising with her power. Slowly, she willed her fists to close. She felt the metal casing around each TIE fighter above them. Her breathing slowed and she centered her mind. Then, all in one swift motion, she stood and pulled her arms down towards the ground.

All the action on the ground froze in complete awe as every TIE came crashing down to the ground.

Jolie stood, the electricity still coursing through her veins, and marched forward angrily. She snarled and furrowed her brows in anger as she felt for General Fall's throat in the Force around her. She took an unbreakable grip and ripped her face first into the grass before abruptly lifting her back up in front of her. Jolie would've been able to feel her breath on her face if she weren't crushing her throat.